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Winter 2008 Gift Guide

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I found some granola bars I really like – Nature Valley Toasted Pecan (or something like that). I want to turn them into some food gifts for family – we do things for fun like doctoring up Oreos or other commercial...

Those granola bars sounded so yummy, I made them using a previous poster’s suggestion to press the mixture more into the pan once out of the oven and score them (cutting about halfway down) and they sliced like a dream once...

Butter Pecan Honey Caramel Cheesecake

I just made Martha Stewart’s Granola, but I have a craving for crunchy chewy bars (like the ones that Metropolitan in Philadelphia makes). What should be my binding ingredient to pull together the granola? I would like to...

Hi – my sister-in-law is hunting for a good granola/snack bar recipe which she describes as: "bars that have nuts, raisins or dried fruit, seeds and it is all held together with honey. They are fairly soft – not like...

I am looking for a great granola recipe WITHOUT any dried fruit. I am going to use it as a base for granola bars which will have added dried fruit but I want to make several different kinds hence I need the base granola to be...